Piccio

Piccio is a Lombard surname.

Origin and distribution

Though the surname had been noted within the Jewish community of Rome [Kessin, Zachary. (Ed.) [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_names.html Table of names.] [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_article.html "Names of Jews in Rome in the 1550s".] Accessed December 1, 2006.] as one of the most frequently occurring in legal documents between the 16^th and 19^th centuries [ [http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Roma.html Surnames of the Jews in Rome.] "Jewish Genealogy in Italy". Accessed December 1, 2006.] , all in all, relatively few people possess the surname. In Italy, it occurs mostly in the areas between Turin and Milan, with somewhat higher concentrations in Perugia. [http://gens.labo.net/it/cognomi/genera.html?cognome=PICCIO&t=cognomi-prov Cognomi.] "GENS". Accessed November 15, 2006.] . The word "piccio" means "little" in Lombard, likely suggesting an origin closer to Lombardy, or Ticino or Graubünden in Switzerland. Branches of the Piccio family can also be found in Argentina [ [http://www.cairomontenotte.org/america/argentina/agnelli/1882-apellidos.html Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1882)] ] [ [http://www.cairomontenotte.org/america/argentina/agnelli/1899-apellidos.html Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1899)] ] , Chile, France, Germany, the Philippines, and the United States.

People

Notable members include:
*Ana María Piccio, Argentine actress;
*Giuseppe Piccio, Italian linguist of the Venetian language;
*Carlo Piccio, Philippine swimmer;
*Luigi Piccio, Italian priest and educator;
*Osvaldo Piccio, former spokesman for former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos;
*Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian World War I general and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force;
*Vicente Piccio, Jr., Philippine major general and Marcos-era Air Force Chief.Piccio is also the first name or pseudonym of:
*Giovanni Carnovali, Italian painter better known as "Il Piccio";
*Danilo “Piccio” Innocenti, Italian athlete;
*Piccio Raffanini, Italian film director.

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.apellidositalianos.com.ar/ Apellidos Italianos] , Italian genealogy in Spanish
*De icon [http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/v3/ Geogen Onlinedienst]
*fr icon [http://www.notrefamille.com/ Notre familie]